Local COVID-19 updates
Aug. 20th, 2020 04:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edschweppeAs of 4PM today, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is reporting 12 newly reported confirmed deaths (16 less than yesterday - down 57.1%) for a total of 8,657 deaths, 262 newly reported confirmed cases (same as yesterday) for a total of 115,310 cases, and 21,831 new patients tested by molecular tests (2,323 more than yesterday - up 11.9%) for a total of 1,509,104 individuals tested, with a total of 2,009,062 molecular tests administered to date. The ratio of newly confirmed cases to individuals tested by molecular test is 1.2%, compared to 1.3% yesterday. The state also reported 663 patients tested by antibody tests (3 less than yesterday - down 0.5%) for a total of 107,203 and 560 patients tested by antigen tests (1,173 less than yesterday - down 67.7%) for a total of 72,890.
The seven day average number of newly confirmed cases per day is 256.1 compared to 283.4 last week (down 9.6%) and 304.7 two weeks ago (down 15.9%). The seven day average number of newly confirmed deaths per day is 12.7 compared to 14.0 last week (down 9.2%) and 13.6 two weeks ago (down 6.3%). The seven day average number of molecular tests per day is 18,275.1 compared to 16,900.1 last week (up 8.1%) and 14,489.0 two weeks ago (up 26.1%). The seven day average percentage of tests coming back positive per day is 1.4% compared to 1.7% last week and 2.1% two weeks ago. (The above averages are calculated from today's raw data download.)
The day-to-day changes continue to be noisy, but generally good today: fewer deaths, more tests and an unchanged number of cases, meaning the percent-positive ratio ticks down again. The seven-day averages look even better; deaths, cases, tests, and percent-positive all trending in good directions. And it's probably worth noting the two million molecular test milestone.
Meanwhile, the state Department of Public Health is moving their COVID-19 (and other) reporting systems from locally-hosted servers to the Amazon Web Services cloud; the Saturday report will probably show lower than expected test numbers, there will be no Sunday report, and the Monday report will include all the test results from the outage period. The upgrades had been planned for a long time, specifically for a summertime weekend, to minimize disruptions. Further, the Wednesday daily and weekly reports will be delayed until 6PM each Wednesday due to the complexities of checking the data for quality. (I haven't seen this reported in a newspaper yet, but it was announced during today's press conference, starting around 22:20). Since the last three Wednesday releases have been late, it's good to see the state acknowledging the issue, even if the "fix" is just to redefine what on-time means.
The town of Acton has yet to post an update today. As of the most recent report at 3:30PM on August 17, the town of Acton reported 189 cumulative cases of COVID-19 in town with 3 individuals in isolation, 165 recovered and 21 fatalities.
The seven day average number of newly confirmed cases per day is 256.1 compared to 283.4 last week (down 9.6%) and 304.7 two weeks ago (down 15.9%). The seven day average number of newly confirmed deaths per day is 12.7 compared to 14.0 last week (down 9.2%) and 13.6 two weeks ago (down 6.3%). The seven day average number of molecular tests per day is 18,275.1 compared to 16,900.1 last week (up 8.1%) and 14,489.0 two weeks ago (up 26.1%). The seven day average percentage of tests coming back positive per day is 1.4% compared to 1.7% last week and 2.1% two weeks ago. (The above averages are calculated from today's raw data download.)
The day-to-day changes continue to be noisy, but generally good today: fewer deaths, more tests and an unchanged number of cases, meaning the percent-positive ratio ticks down again. The seven-day averages look even better; deaths, cases, tests, and percent-positive all trending in good directions. And it's probably worth noting the two million molecular test milestone.
Meanwhile, the state Department of Public Health is moving their COVID-19 (and other) reporting systems from locally-hosted servers to the Amazon Web Services cloud; the Saturday report will probably show lower than expected test numbers, there will be no Sunday report, and the Monday report will include all the test results from the outage period. The upgrades had been planned for a long time, specifically for a summertime weekend, to minimize disruptions. Further, the Wednesday daily and weekly reports will be delayed until 6PM each Wednesday due to the complexities of checking the data for quality. (I haven't seen this reported in a newspaper yet, but it was announced during today's press conference, starting around 22:20). Since the last three Wednesday releases have been late, it's good to see the state acknowledging the issue, even if the "fix" is just to redefine what on-time means.
The town of Acton has yet to post an update today. As of the most recent report at 3:30PM on August 17, the town of Acton reported 189 cumulative cases of COVID-19 in town with 3 individuals in isolation, 165 recovered and 21 fatalities.